1. The University of California received a record number of applications for next year, topping 200,000 for the first time, the SacBee$ reports. In all, 206,339 students applied for admission to one of the UC’s nine undergraduate campuses with UCLA being the most popular school. It received 119,326 applications, followed by UC San Diego with 102,692 and UC Berkeley with 101,655. Many students applied to more than one UC campus.